Jedi Order
The Jedi Order is an organisation that features in Star Wars.
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History
The Jedi Order was an organisation that consisted of Force-users that became Jedi that existed a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Long ago, they came to be embedded with the galactic government that was the Galactic Republic.
Later on, a dispute erupted between the Trade Federation and the planet Naboo with the former blockading the planet. The Order sent Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi to help negotiate a peaceful resolution to the dispute.
After the Clone Wars began, the Jedi sought to defend the Republic where they enlisted to serve as General's for the newly formed Grand Army of the Republic that consisted of the newly bred Clone Troopers.
Overview
Organization
For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were said to be the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic.
Their powers stemmed from the Force which gave a Jedi their power with this being an energy field created by all living things that surrounds all beings and bound the galaxy together.
Children trained in the Force spent time as Jedi Younglings who were divided into ten clans consisting of 20 such candidates that were trained in the Jedi arts. A rite of passage made for Younglings was 'the Gathering' that involved harvesting kyber crystals for their lightsabers from the remote world of Ilum.
Leadership of the Jedi Order was held by the senior masters who sat on the Jedi Council.
An ancient and honoured tradition within the Order was the one held by the Jedi Temple Guard. These masked sentinels consisted of Knights chosen for the assignment where they reported to the Jedi who was the head of security. Their identity concealing masks and formal robes was the ultimate expression of emotional detachment that was required in the pursuit of this higher calling. Temple Guards wielded imposing lightsaber pikes that were thick double-bladed weapons which produced a rare distinctive yellow blade.
The Jedi Code said:
- There is no emotion, there is peace.
- There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
- There is no passion, there is serenity.
- There is no chaos, there is harmony.
- There is no death, there is the Force.
Among their holdings was the Jedi Temple on Coruscant that was their headquarters.
The ancient world of Ilum was considered the most sacred site to the Jedi Order. A Jedi Temple was hidden beneath the frozen surface that existed since the dawn of their organization. By the legendary Crystal Caves, Jedi initiates underwent the rite of passage known as 'the Gathering' where younglings rusted their instincts to overcome inner obstacles and find unique kyber crystals that they attuned to their Force presence. Another world with particular ties to the Jedi was the small desert moon of Jedha that was frosted by a permanent winter and said to be the home of the first civilisations to explore the nature of the Force that made it an important site for the Order.
Technology
The Order supplied its members with A99 aquata breathers that were compact mouthpieces designed to supply its wearer with a breathable gas. They had advanced filters which allowed them to function underwater or in a vacuum, and in certain poisonous environments. They came in a number of variants to accommodate a variety of alien physiologies where they had compressed air tanks which supplied two hours of oxygen.
The traditional weapon of the Jedi was the lightsaber that was a device capable of generating a blade-like plasma powered by a Kyber crystal or other focusing item.
Kyber crystals were at the heard of every Jedi lightsaber with these being located on many worlds. These crystal were attuned to the Force and connected to the wielder on a deeply personal level. Thus, they were an extension of a Jedi's Force awareness. A Jedi was guided in their selection of the crystal by the Force where the vibration caused by the blade helped the welder center themselves and find balance in the Force. This allowed them to center themselves beyond the distraction of combat. Lightsaber crystals were colorless until first attuned and connected to a Jedi whereupon it took on different shades of color.
Jedi made use of Training Remotes to train them in the use of a lightsaber. These miniature droids were used in combat training where they floated in air on repulsors where they fired sting beams set at varying intensity levels. This allowed them to be used as teaching tools either by avoiding blaster shots or deflecting them with a lightsaber.
A relic linked closely with the organization were the Holocrons that were ancient repositories of knowledge and wisdom that could only be accessed by those skilled in using the Force. Jedi used them to record and preserve their teachings with them being used to create a record for future generations seeking to understand the greater mysteries of the Force.
Jedi Knights were known to had used an old design of craft called the T-6 shuttle that were pressed into heavier service during the Clone Wars. The half-circle shaped ship had a rotating body allowing for flexibility of configurations when landing on planetary surfaces or docking with starships and stations. The Jedi primarily used the T-6 as a peacetime conveyance as it had no weapons where it had a reliable hyperdrive and larger interior space allowing for comfortable travel in interstellar journeys. In case of emergency, the ship's crew could launch ejection seats that deployed spheroid survival capsules which contained atmosphere pressure and also cushioned from any impact.
An ancient Jedi vessel known as the Crucible was once maintained by the Order and dated back to the days of the Old Republic. For centuries, it was used to ferry students from Coruscant to the sacred world of Ilum where the younglings were to take part in the Gathering ritual.
The Order once had within its fleet of vessels starfighters that included the Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter. These were wedge-shaped one-man craft whose designers had worked with the Jedi to create a fighter for pilots with Force-aided reflexes. This saw the fighters systems being stripped whilst the controls were made as responsive as possible. Skilled pilots could make the Delta-7 lightning-quick in combat where they were capable of darting in for attack runs and then skipping nimbly away from retaliatory fire.
Members
- Yoda : a small green-skinned humanoid who served as the last Grandmaster of the Jedi Order during the fall of the Galactic Republic. He survived the Clone Wars and went into exile on Dagobah where he came to train Luke Skywalker.
- Mace Windu :
- Shaak Ti :
- Ki-Adi-Mundi :
- Plo Koon :
- Cin Drallig :
- Adi Gallia :
- Qui-Gon Jinn : a male human who was a Jedi Master that trained Obi-Wan Kenobi and later took on Anakin Skywalker until his death at the hands of Darth Maul on Naboo.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi : a male human who was the Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn where he became the Master of Anakin Skywalker.
- Count Dooku : a male human Count of Serenno who was a former member of the Jedi Order who departed their ranks where he fell under the influence of Darth Sidious who took him as an apprentice with Dooku becoming a Sith named Darth Tyrannus.
- Saesee Tiin :
- Luminara Unduli :
- Aayla Secura :
- Anakin Skywalker :
- Ahsoka Tano :
- Kanan Jarrus : a young male human who served as a Padawan during the end of the Clone Wars when Order 66 was initiated with him surviving the murder of his master by the Clone Troopers.
Notes
- The Jedi Order was created by George Lucas and featured in the setting of Star Wars.
Alternate Versions
- In Star Wars Legends, the Jedi Order appeared in the setting of the former Star Wars Expanded Universe. After the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker came to reform the Jedi and established the New Jedi Order in the era of the New Republic.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Jedi Order featured within the setting of the RPG video game. Set thousands of years ago, the Jedi were shown to had been recovering from the after the effects of the Mandalorian Wars where one of their number named Revan came to fall to the Dark Side.
- In Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Jedi Order featured within the setting of the MMORPG video game where it was a faction within the Galactic Republic.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace:
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones:
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith:
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